Brush.



G. L. ROGERS.

BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12,1913.

Patented NOV. 11, 1913,

agg-mwa KM D LlilllllED @TATES AIYAITENTI OFFICE GEORGE L. ROGERS, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY IDISSTON & SGNS FILECOMPANY, UF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPO- RATION 0F PENNSYLVANIA.

BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

t,"?8,556. Patented Nov. 11, 1913. Application filed June 12, 1913.Serial No. 773,323.

To all 'whom it may concern: i which accumulate in the ordinary metalfile, 50 Be it known that I, Gannon L. ROGERS, a andthe bristles 5 areused to clean the iile citizen of the United States, residing in afterthe removal, by the other set of bristles, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented of the hard particles, as hereinbefore mencertainImprovements in Brushes, of whichV tioned. the Yfollowing is aspecification. The block Li and the leather strip 6 are 55 Thisinvention relates to certain improvew placed back to back, as shown, andare not ments in brushes used :to-r cleaning files. A connected, so thatwhen the bristles of either brush of this character has two varieties ofone of these sections wear the section conbristles, one metallic andstift and the other taining them can be removed and another softer andiiexible. section inserted in the handle. The block 60 rlhe object ofthis invention is to provide has a longitudinal groove 8 at each side,as a spring handle which will hold the two Shown in Fig. 3, into whichextends one of elements to `which the bristles are attached the inturnedflanges 10. The other flange of without other fastening means. These0beach arm engages the portion 9 of the leather jects I attain in thefollowing manner, refstrip 6 beyond the wire bristles 7 and indents 65erence being had to the accompanying drawthe leather sufficiently tohold the elements ings, in which and 6 irmly in the handle. The handleFigure l, is a plan view of my improved is prei'erably made ot springmetal so that, brush; Fig. 2, is a side view; Fig. 3, is an end When 1t1S bent mto shape, as shown in Fig. view, and Fig. 4t, is a transversesectional l, 1t has a tendency to grip the block 4i and 70 View 0f thehandle on the line i a, Fig. 1, to hold the bloclr and the leatherwithout Vlhile the invention ie particularly adeptthe use of astenings.Furthermore the ined for use in connection with a double brush tUI'IlGClflanges gllp tho tWo elements so that for cleaning files, it will beunderstood that they areY hold to the handle without other the inventioncan be used in connection with litStoIllIlgS, Wllloh Would be liable tobecome 7 5 a single brush, or it can be need with e deiidisarranged asthe brushes of this character ble brush di'ering in form and texturefrom are roughly used and any intricate fastening that illustrated inthe drawings. CloVlCo Would be objectionable.

Referring to the drawings, l is the handle l Cltlmmade from a singleSheet of Steel bent into In a brush, the combination of a handle 80 theShape Shown end having 13W@ Spring made from a single piece of sheetmetal bent arms 2, 2 bent te ferm the grip Section 3 into shane to forma handheld and two The arme 2, 2 lieve inem-ned flanges 10 et springarms, each of said arms having two the top and bottom, as illustrated inFig. 3, lIltUl'lod flanges bent So as to 'form a doveand the gripportion is bent, as illustrated in talletl glQOVG 111 @ach Wm? WO buslllOlOCkS 35 Fig. 4i, so as to make a convenient handheld @floh llitVlIlge longitudinal groove at each and at the Same time t0 Strengthen thisperside, the arms being disconnected at the end tion of the handle,opposite the handle so that the two blocks l is a Wooden block inwliieli the flexible can be forced into the space between the twobristles 5 are secured, arms and the iianges entering the grooves in 9o6 is a strip oi' leather having the metallic the lOl0Cl$ bristles 7 bentas shown, and made similar to lo testimony Wlioroof, l have signed mywhat is known in the textile industry es name to this specification, inthe presence card clothing. of two subscribing witnesses.

rlllhe bristles 5 are made of any suitable GEORGE L. ROGERS. material,preferably animal bristles, and are Witnesses: more flexible than thebristles 7. The bris- E B- EGBERTS,

W. C. BURKHOLDER.

tles 7 are used to remove all hard particles Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents,

Washington, D. G.

